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CBGB founder Hilly Kristal dies
Hilly Kristal never intended to build his tiny little Lower East Side club CBGB into the epicenter of punk, where The Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads would launch a global musical and artistic movement, roaring to shake off suburban boredom and raging to shake up the establishment.
A classically trained violinist, Kristal wasn't even a fan of loud, aggressive rock at the time his club...
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